SBI Associate Bank Solved 2008 Paper

1. Which of the following countries in the world is the biggest consumer of gold?
A. Bangladesh
B. India
C. Russia
USA
Ans : B

2. India launched which of the following Satellites in September-2007?
A. EDUSAT
B. MATSAT
C. INSAT-4CR
D. None of these
Ans : C

3. The ‘Orange Coalition Government’ was formed once again in which of the following countries?
A. Russia
B. Ukraine
C. France
D. Germany
Ans ; B

4. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Meet was organized in September 2007 in –
A. New Delhi
B. Beijing
C. Tokyo
D. Sydney
Ans : D

5. Cross – selling covers –
A. Identifying customer needs
B. Matching the products to customer needs
C. Responding to questions and objections of customers
D. All of these
Ans : B

6. How are data organized in a spreadsheet?
A. Line and space
B. Layers and planes
C. Height and width
D. Rows and columns
Ans : D

7. Computer connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) can –
A. Run faster
B. Go to line
C. Share information and / share peripheral equipment
D. None of these
Ans : C

8. Motivation means –
A. Inspiring employees to perform better
B. Sales coaching
C. Better communication skills
D. Market research
Ans : A

9. A true marketing requires –
A. Command and order mindset
B. Control mindset
C. Active mindset
D. Passive mindset
Ans : A

10. The traditional Marketing style involves –
A. Telemarketing
B. Digital Marketing
C. Indirect Marketing
D. All of these
Ans : C

11. As per the recent agreement between India and one other country the Indian Rupee can be easily swapped with –
A. Taka
B. Riel
C. Kyat
D. Ruble
Ans : D

12. Shinzo Abe who was on a visit to India in recent past is (was) the –
A. Prime Minister of South Korea
B. Prime Minister of North Korea
C. Prime Minister of Japan
D. None of these
Ans : C

13. Abdullah Gul’s name was in news recently as he has taken over the president of –
A. Turkey
B. Sudan
C. Pakistan
D. None of these
Ans : A

14. Who amongst the following was the Caption of the Indian Hockey team who won Asia Cup 2007 held in Chennai?
A. Dilip Tirkey
B. Pankaj Adwani
C. Manavjit Singh Sandhu
D. None of these
Ans : D

15. For effective marketing, the sales men should have which of these qualities?
A. Creativity
B. Team spirit
C. Motivation
D. All of these
Ans : D

SBI Associate Bank Solved 2008 Paper

1. India’s Foreign Exchange Reserve declined sharply in recent past. What was the main reason for the same?
A. Heavy demand of the same by foreign tourists
B. Import of wheat from Pakistan and S. korea
C. Appreciation of Rupee Value
D. None of these
Ans: (C)

2. Manmohan Singh called George Bush to explain the difficulties he is having in implementing agreements related with which of the following with USA?
A. Supply of Sugar
B. Civilian Nuclear Cooperation
C. Purchase of gas / petroleum
D. None of these
Ans: (B)

3. Which of the following countries is not happy with the USA’s decision to award a Congressional Medal to Dalal Lama of Tibet?
A. India
B. Pakistan
C. Nepal
D. China
Ans: (D)

4. The securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on money flow in equity through ‘P-Notes’. What is the full form of ‘P-Notes’?
A. Permanent Notes
B. Purchase Notes
C. Participatory Notes
D. Private Notes
Ans: (C)

5. The money which Government of India spends on the development of infrastructure in country comes from which of the following sources? (pick up the correct statement (s)
(A) Loan from World Bank/ADB etc.
(B) Taxes collected from the people.
(C) Loan from the RBI.
A. Only A
B. Only B
C. Only C
D. All A, B and C
Ans: (D)

6. Which of the following types of Banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts?
(A) Foreign Banks
(B) Regional Rural Banks
(C) Nationalized Banks
A. Only A
B. Only B
C. Only C
D. None of these
Ans: (C)

7. The Government of India put a ban on export of which of the following commodities at the price below the price of the same in domestic market?
A. Chemical Fertilizer
B. Steel
C. Electronic Goods
D. None of these
Ans: (D)

8. Which of the following organizations/agencies has established a fund known as “Investor protection fund”?
A. Bombay Stock Exchange
B. SEBI
C. NABARD r
D. AMFI
Ans: (C)

9. Hem Dutta who was honoured by the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award 2007 is a famous-
A. Social activist
B. Author
C. Player
D. Film producer
Ans: (A)

10. Which of the following countries is facing a problem of strike by the workers of the transport, electricity and gas companies as the present Government of the country has decided to end the pension to these workers?
1. USA
B. France
C. China
D. Nepal
Ans: (B)

11. Microsoft Office is –
A. Shareware
B. Public-domain software
C. A vertical market application
D. An application suite
Ans: (D)

12. How many options does a binary choice offer?
A. It depends on the amount of memory in the computer
B. Two
C. One
D. None
Ans: (B)


13. Target Market is –
A. Entire country
B. Entire city
C. Entire globe
D. That which consist of customers who need the identified product
Ans: (D)

14. Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network?
A. LAN
B. DSL
C. RAM
D. USB
Ans: (A)

15. When cutting and pasting, the item cut is temporarily stored in –
A. Hard Device
B. ROM
C. Diskette
D. Clipboard
Ans: (D)

SBI Associate Bank Solved 2008 Paper

1. As reported in papers the UN World Food Programmes stooped distributing food in Mogadishu town after its local head was abducted by the government soldiers of the country. Mogadishu is the capital town of –
A. Tanzania
B. Turkey
C. Cuba
D. Somalia
Ans: (D)

2. Who amongst the following is selected for Basava Award 2006-07 by the Karnataka Government?
A. Manmohan Singh
B. APJ Abdul Kalam r
C. Sonia Gandhi
D. Pratibha Patil
Ans: (B)

3.Justine Henin won the women’s singles US open Tennis championship 2007after defeating?
A. Svetlana Kurnetsova
B. Sania Mirza
C. Dinara Safina
D. None of these r
Ans: (D)

4. Majority of rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit needs?
A. Money Lenders
B. Foreign Banks
C. NABARD
D. RBI
Ans: (A)

5. Which of the following countries is NOT elected by the UN General assembly on the non-permanent seats of the UN Security Council with effevt from January 2008?
A. Libya
B. Croatia
C. Costa Rica
D. Pakistan r
Ans: (D)

6. Who amongst the following leaders from USA visited Israel and Palestinian West Bank so that a solution to the Israel and Palestinian problem can be worked out?
A. George Bush
B. Al Gore
C. Bill Clinton
D. None of these
Ans: (A)

7. Many times we read in financial newspapers about FII. What is the full form of FII?
A. Final Investment in India
B. Foreign Investment in India
C. Formal Investment in India
D. Foreign Institutional Investment
Ans: (D)

8. India won the ONGC Nehru Cup Football Tournament 2007 by beating-
A. Syria
B. Pakistan
C. Britain
D. France
Ans: (A)

9. The financial markets of which of the following countries were badly affected by sub prime crisis?
A. Russia
B. Brazil
C. UK
D. USA
Ans: (D)

10. Who amongst the following got third position in long jump event of the Bayer International Athletics meet held in Germany in 2007?
A. Shiny Wilson
B. Anju Bobby George
C. Neha Sainwal
D. None of these
Ans: (B)

11. The blinking symbol on the computer screen is called the –
A. Mouse
B. Logo
C. Hand
D. Cursor
Ans: (D)

12. A collection of programs that controls how your computer system runs and processes information is called –
A. Operating system
B. Computer
C. Office
D. Interpreter
Ans: (B)

13. Marketing Plan help in –
A. Better lead generation
B. Better systems
C. Better results
D. Better customer service
Ans: (D)

14. One megabyte equals approximately
A. 1000 bits
B. 1000 bytes
C. 1 million bytes
D. None of these
Ans: (C)

15. Market Research is needed for –
A. Deciding the market area
B. Deciding the right product to be sold
C. Deciding the right time to sell
D. All of these
Ans: (D)